Cautionary telltale.



0. E. nENs'HAw & c. H. IENKINS.

QAUTIONARY TELLTALE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, l9l2.

1,134,698. Patented Apr.6,1915.

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1,134,698. a 1.;Applicationfi1ed'June'28,1912. Serial name-350w cH-AnLnsRENSHAW, or nAs r ORANGE, Amcmmesla.mnkme tematinee-g1;

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To all wfiomiit may concern I Be itv known that We,j CI-lARLEsrE.v REN-SHAW and'GHARLns H.*j JENKINS,T residing at East Orange anduBelleville,respectively, in the county: of "Essex and State I offNew J ersey,"haveinvented certain new and use 'ful Improvements, in Cautionary Telltales,l ofwhich the following is ,a full, c1ear, and; v v exacti'deseription.

10 l jmatterofthis application relatesto a can-- tionary tell-tale; the.principal object of i which is to prevent the uselof a fraudulent v Theinvention i which forms; thesubject or: spurious key to indicate anumber of records c of' the v eleven complete rounds, when carelesslycomparedfwith one containrounds omade by a watchmanwhen no such round orroundswere actually made-byhim.

7 In the orthodox' form ofwatchmans time] detectors ofthe'portable'typeja record is produced upon a paper dial by means ofimpressions produced by registering keys, such impressions'uponthe dialserving to indicate the hour and minuteat which the different stationsare visited by'the watch man; Such a method, however, does not recordany vdifferenc ze in registrations between genuine keys, which aresecurely at:

tached to the' various parts of the building or arelocated at difie'rentstations,. and the application or use are spurious key which atv sixoclock in the evening so .1 that when the dial is removed inthe morning,a-com: v y ,plete record of the registrations of eachtsurvey or round,which he "has, made, should appear. Ithas been foundrthat notinfrequently a watchman Will makeonly eleven complete rounds. or surveysduring -the night, and owingto the similarity; of the Specification ofLetters mane. y

: detector. s, V or I The interior of the casingisshoulderedat ,1'1 and12and on thef ormer isrigidly caring twelve rounds', it isiat" once,apparent and easily deceived.

With a view to overcome" the objectionsfi above-noted I have produced; atell-tale'hav-Q ng a 'movable indicating device in combination withan;adjustablel point for deter]: v

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that theemployee-in charge may be readily miningthelattainment' ofeadesired indica tionu The tell-tale is provided withrameans operated bythe wave motions of the body to a T ewatchr man inmaking each hourlyround or sur vey takes about the samenumber of"steps actuate theindicating; device.

and a corresponding number of wave mo: t tlQIlS: are mpartedto theapparatus to actuate the indicatingfdevice Nowunless his duty beactually performed-there;wouldbe I few or no body wave motions impartedto I the detector ,to; actuate the indicating d evice. .Theanumber ofbody wave motions;

imparted to the detectorwhen carried by the watchman in makinghis hourlyroundsgor veys v ries but little, sothat if the, body,

wave motions be counted asimilartotalYQffi motionswillbeemade eachnight, andwhichf if indexed upon adial will ator'ice,show" whether ornotthe watchman has actually made the full number of; hourly surveys or irounds, and which, if read. in connection with the keyregist'rationsupon'ra paper, dial I of a, detector, to, which the tell-tale is suitlent'key has notbeen used. p i Further objects and advantages will; apear from ,the detailed description :bel o taken in; connection with:the accompany fing' drawings in which 1 from the -caser I In moredetail, 10 of e Q ably *connected,f,wi ll,prove thata ,fraud' Figurelshows'aseetmnal vita device 2 a planiviewg and Fig. 3 .a detail showingone of Qthe'indexrings removed the tell-tale which isadaptedtobefastened 1n any suitable mannerjto a watchman7stime I ried in anysuitablemanner a plate 13 whichf serves asfa supportlforany desired formof wave motion reglstering device. The pe dulum for theregisteringdevice is support -f ed at 14 byimeans of the screw 15., Pl hasjextending fr mf g t 5 51 e in lfi th =oug whichflxhe shaft ,17 of theregistering device passes, said shaft; be

ing provided with an indicating device'l8, on the upper end thereof,preferably in the form of an arrow, but obviously other forms may beused. At its lower endthe shaft 17 has secured thereto'a gear wheel 29,which,

meshes with suitable gearing to rotate the pointer 18 when the pendulum.is actuated by the wave body motions incident to the travel of thewatchman when carrying the device. The pinion 30, locatedunder the*pendulum arm, is adapted to actuate any been made.

well known countingmeans, not shown.

periphery-if desired with divisions or'characterizing indicia whichdenote or indicate the number of body wave motions thathave The wavemotions-of different watchmen varies ,considerably, hence thesedivisionsare not indispensable;

' The part 19' of the body portion is internally screw-threaded asshownat' 20. "A

bezel 21, having a'shoulder to receive. the

circularglass plate 22, is screw-threaded externally at its lowerend tofit the internal screw-threads on the body portion. Upon the shoulder 12a plurality of adjustable index rings 23- are employed which have pointsthereon to determine the attainment of "a desired indication. Thesepoints arein dicated at 24: having any suitablecharacten izing indiciathereon. -When the cap 21 is screwed into place and the index rings 23properly adjusted the latter are securely clamped between thescrew-threaded portion of said cap and the shoulder 12. The index ringhaving the designation W thereon serves to check the watchman in makinghis rounds or surveys during theweek the movable indicating device beingadjustable back to-zero each dayby the manipulation of the thumb-member.25. The details of this-feature are old and well known hence we do notshow the same. Several desiderata will have to be taken intoconsideration in order to properly adjust this characterizing point foreach individual watchman but this has nothing-to do with the novelty of;the invention. The index ring having the designation S thereonserves' tocheckthe watchman in making his rounds on Sunday the number of saidrounds on this day usually exceeding the number of.v rounds made duringthe week.

At 26-we show a'ring located upon the upper ring 23 and provided with aprojee tion 27 adapted to enter in or register with At 29 (Fig. 2)we'show diagranmlatically The plate 13 may be provided at its outer anescutcheon of a lock which serves to pre-. /f" vent theunauthorizedremoval of the bezel from the body portion of the tell-tale,and thereby avoid the fraudulent adjustment of the index ringsby thewatchman.

It will beseen from the above that any number of index rings may be'used corre- -spondingto different times, etc., but ordi-;

nari'ly two will suliice. After the position of the ring has been oncedetermined for certain rounds tobe made by any particular watchman, itcan be readily ascertained, by glancing at the tell-tale, whether or notthe position of the arrow indicator coincides or substantially'coincides with the "adjusted 0 position of the projectionon the indexring. 1 'If theyido, a cursory glanceat the timedial sheetsis necessaryto-show whetheror not the"watc'hman is faithful If a discrepancy existson the tell-tale a carefulexamination shouldbe made of thetime sheetsandif desired" an investigation may be made-to]. determine whether ornot i the watchman is using spurious keys ftof produce "the time record.I 9Q It is obvious that minor details may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the true scope and spirit of our invention;

What we claim is:

1. A tell tale comprising a body portion" having an internal shouldertherein, an indioator locatedwithin said body'portion, means therein forsupporting saidindicator, I an adjustable membersupported upon the:saidinternal shoulderof-said body portion having means thereon toindicate the attain'ment'of a desired indication, and means connected tosaid body portion adapted to hold' the said adjustable member inadjusted. 1 relation, 1 r f 2. A tell tale-comprising a body portionscrew threaded at the upper side and having an internal shouldertherein, a movable" indicating device supported in said body port-ion,an adjustable index located upon the-internal shoulder of said bodyportion, 1 a bezelffor the saidtell tale adapted to be I screw threadedto said body portion and to hold the adjustable index in adjusted relation, andmeans for preventing movement of the adjustable index as thebezel is screwed onto said body portion. j

3. A tell-tale comprising, in combination, a movableiindicating device,a closure there-- for, and a. plurality'of independently ad-' justablerings in said c'losurefhaving. in dicia thereon for determining theattainmentof desiredindications. I 4:. A tell-tale comprising a movableindi eating device, a body portionprovided with' an internal shoulder, abezel connected to said body portiontheinterior end of said bezel andsaid shoulder defining aninterior. circumferential groove, and an indexlocated; 1 in' said groove and adjustable 'to" difl''erent positions fordetermining jothe ettainment of. desiredjindieationsq I 5. Ate11-ta1e,-compri s ing a bodylportijon having aplurality of shoulders"progresfl sivel y arranged therein and interiorly' screw-threaded atits; upper "portion,- a sup [porting member adapted to be .7 supportedupon the bottom shoulder, f a" movable indieating device supp0rted;-by said body por tion, a plurality ofrevoluble'ringsihaving laterallyextending lugs Serving as indi-v cators supportednpon the nppershoulders in the body portion,. a bezel for said telltalescrew-threadedto said body portion and'adapted to keep therevol ubl e'ringsjn I *G'opies of this patent may be obtained fortfive cents each,gddres si'n edjustment, 'a; central opening thefsnp porting membernlean's passing through the said opening in said T'snpporting member;and e a g h the indleating deviceto p movement of the index ;as the, bel i operate the same, end 'xneans for preventing screwed onto saidbody'portion.

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